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PEOPLE NEWS


Squire’s GC management go back to the shop floor


Head office staff, including deputy chairman Sarah Squire, managing director Martin Breddy and group marketing manager Karen Smith spent a day working in one of the five Squire’s garden centres as part of the retailer’s Feet on the Floor campaign.


Each employee from the


group office was allocated a garden centres to work at, with the centre manager choosing the job that they should do for the day. According to Squire’s, the programme came about following a suggestion in its annual employee survey. Sarah Squire said of her day spent working at the Shepperton centre: “It’s been a fantastic experience, definitely one that we will repeat again. I worked in the


Café Bar at Squire’s in Shepperton serving customers and clearing tables... I was a Saturday girl in my youth, so I had experienced working in the garden centre shop and plant areas over many years, but in those days we did not have restaurants so I was very keen to gain a hands on understanding of some of the challenges my colleagues face in the café bars.” Finance director Mark Wilson was kept busy assembling garden furniture at Squire’s in Reigate, while MD Martin Breddy helped out with goods-in and stock replenishment at West Horsley, followed by a day in the plant area at Squire’s in Cobham. Karen Smith worked in the plant


area at Squire’s in Twickenham. She said: “Customers asked a range of gardening questions throughout the day and I was so impressed by the diverse knowledge of our team. What really struck me was how quickly stock moved. You take pride in doing a nice display and then two hours later it needs sorting out again, but our team was great at keeping the plant area topped up on a very busy day.”


Cromar appoints new head of marketing


Yorkshire based business Cromar Building Products, has appointed Helen Kirby as its new head of marketing. Ms Kirby joined Cromar on the May 8. The company has seen great growth and market presence since its inception in 1997. Ms Kirby joins the team from Sika Everbuild, bringing with her over 12 years’ experience in the


building and construction industry. Ms Kirby commented: “I am very excited to have started the next step in my career with Cromar; they are not just a growing company, they are an independent family run business and it has that feel to it. Since starting I have hit the ground running and am loving every minute of it.”


Broad Street DIY’s new charity initiative


Bromsgrove independent, Broad Street DIY has launched a summer-long fundraising campaign in aid of its 2018 nominated charity and is asking locals to come in store and donate any leftover foreign currency from holidays abroad this summer. The retailer said all main


currencies will be accepted, including Euros and Dollars, as well as discontinued pre-Euro currencies that might be tucked away at the back of a drawer – from French francs, Italian lira, and German deutschmarks,


L-R: Broad Street DIY staff promote the campaign


to Spanish pesetas and Greek drachma. Broad Street DIY will use a specialist foreign exchange firm to convert the currency to cash


and then donate the money to Dodford Children’s Holiday Farm, in Bromsgrove. The Farm offers residential stays for children from inner city schools, nurseries and special schools. The retailer hopes the campaign will prove a huge success – particularly since a report in the Daily Mirror in 2017 found that each British household has, on average, £65- worth of unused travel money lying around.


The shop will be promoting the fundraising initiative in store, as well as via local press PR and a


6 DIY WEEK 20 JULY 2018


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